Curtain-holder and pole-ring.



No. 69!,l55. Patented Jan. l4, |902 V E. MARSKY. CURTAIN HOLDER AND POLE RING.

(Applictiozi filed Man a, 1901.

(No Model.)

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UNITED Sterne EMIL MARSKY, OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.

CURTAIN-HOLDER AND POLE -RING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 691,155, dated January 14, 1902.

' Application filed March 8, 1901. $erial No. 50,298. (No model.)

To all whom itmay concern.-

Be it known that I, EMIL MARSKY, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Jose, county of Santa Clara, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Curtain- Holders and Pole-Rings; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to a ring for curtainpoles and means formed integral therewith for grasping the curtain or other fabric which is to be suspended therefrom.

It consists of the improved curtain-holder and pole-rin g which'I will hereinafter describe and claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View of the clamp. Fig. 2 is a View of plate previously to being bent. Fig. 3 shows its application to curtain-poles.

In the formation of my rings and clasps I take strips of metal, as at A, having sufficient length to encircle the pole when bent and form a loosely-slidable ring thereon. These strips are made of greater length than is necessary to encircle the pole, and the ends of the strips are bent and formed into teeth, as shown at 2. These strips are formed with notches 3 and 4: upon opposite sides and at such points that when a strip has been bent so as to encircle the pole by springing it sidewise these notches can be engaged with each other, thus completing the ring and preventing its opening. During this bending of the strip into the curved shape to form the ring a slight twisting action also takes place, due to displacing the ends so that they will pass one another, and when the notches are brought into line and the pressure upon the bent strip is released the elasticity of the strip and its tendency to untwist causes the notches to firmly lock and to remain locked until this engagement is broken by a sidewise separation of the notches. The notches herein straight side edge of said strip. Beyond these notches the strips extend, as shown at 5 and G, and the ends are so bent that the teeth 2 face so as to interlock with each other by the spring caused by the elasticity of the metal.

In order to attach any fabric, it is only nec essary to press upon opposite sides of the ring where it surrounds the pole, and this will cause the crossed opposing arms 5 and 6 to separate and with them the grasping ends or teeth 2, so that the fabric may be introduced between these teeth. By releasing the pressure upon the sides of the ring the elasticity will cause it to resume its original form and the teeth will engage with and hold the fabric. By this construction and the ofiset notches 3 and 4 upon opposite sides the rings at any time may be disengaged from the pole by first pressing them so as to separate the interlocking teeth and then pressing the ends sidewise until they are free to pass each other, when the ring can be opened sufficiently to remove it from the pole.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An improved curtain-holder and pole-ring consisting of a strip of spring metal having notches upon opposite edges at points near the ends, said notches extending to about the longitudinal center of the strip and forming shoulders which face in opposite direction and the walls of said notches extending from the inner ends of said shoulders at an angle and merging into the side edges of the strip, said strip capable of being bent into circular form and given a twisting action to permit the entrances to the notches to be alined, and the shoulder portions to engage and interlock, said notches capable of ready disengagement by a sidewise movement and the portions of strip beyond the notches forming holding-jaws, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

EMIL MARSKY.

Witnesses: I

S. H. NOURSE, JESSIE G. BRODIE. 

